OUR MISSION STATEMENT
Our school community will provide a caring, safe and supportive environment where everyone is encouraged to be creative, challenged and happy in their work and play, and where United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) are respected and valued by all.
Language of the Month
Thai - pʰāːsǎːtʰāj
This Weeks Rights Respecting Assembly was celebrating and exploring cultural diversity.
Article 2 says all children have the rights set out in the UNCRC, and individual children and young people shouldn’t be treated unfairly because of differences.
Article 30 of the UNCRC makes it clear that children and young people have the right to share their culture, language and religion with other people.
What does cultural diversity mean at Dundonald?
Our school community includes:
Over 25 different languages spoken
Different religions
Different ethnic backgrounds (this is where people come from, their religion and the language they speak)
I am delighted to say that there has been a good response from eligible parents/carers and there are three candidates for the two Parent Governor vacancies: Aparna Bindal, Sherif Elgebeily and Katherine Roberts.
As we have more candidates than vacancies, a ballot well be held. I would like to encourage all parents /carers to make use of their voting right. Please do have a look at the candidate details that were shared with you via ParentMail today.
Please support your local community and find out more about PlanWimbledon a non-profit and non-partisan organisation representing the local community. See the Community Notices page for full details.
It has been an exciting and interesting day for all, finding out about our different cultural heritages - make sure you have a look at the pictures on the Cultural Diversity Day page. Thank you to our families for supporting this event, have a lovely weekend.
Yours Sincerely
Fiona Duffy
General News / Reminders
If your child is in Year 6 then please do think about donating your child's uniform to the PTA to be resold to other families. You can bring the uniform to the school office before the end of the year.
If your child is unwell you must either leave a voicemail on the school telephone number or email absence@dundonald.merton.sch.uk before 08:00 on the day of their absence.
The last day of this term, Thursday 27th May will be a non-uniform day with an optional donation for the PTA.
Please note that sharpies must not be brought into school as these are causing damage to the tables. Other colouring pens are permitted.
Parents/Carers of Children with SEND
Please note that we will be holding our ISP meetings on Tuesday 8th June.
We have decided to reduce the number of targets on each child's ISP for Summer 2 and Autumn 1 to two targets; this is to enable children to be in class as much as possible following the disruption with COVID.
We will be aiming to deliver as many interventions as possible in class and of course be using the 'inclusive strategies' to support your child on an ongoing basis.
Details of these meetings will be confirmed next week.
Summer term attendance expectations for schools
School attendance continues to be mandatory for all pupils and the usual rules on school attendance apply. This includes parents’ duty to ensure their child regularly attends school, and schools’ and local authorities’ ability to issue sanctions, including fixed penalty notices, for poor attendance.As restrictions begin to lift, we know some families may be looking to take holidays during term time. As usual, parents should plan their holidays around school breaks and avoid seeking permission to take their children out of school on holiday.ROUND UP OF THE WEEK AT DUNDONALD
YEAR ONE
This week in Year 1, the children have been continuing to read Rapunzel by Bethan Woollvin.
We began by looking carefully at the form of a tower and made careful observational drawings in our sketchbooks of what we could see. We then explored how we could use clay to create the form of the tower. The children really enjoyed rolling out the clay and coiling it into layers. Next week, we will add Rapunzel's window with paint.
Henry - I pretended to be the wicked witch cutting Rapuzel’s (Geephia’s) hair.
Geephia - I enjoyed drawing inside my tower when I pretended to be Rapunzel.
Nina - I enjoyed making a castle out of clay.
Eliza - It was fun when I could dip my hands in the water and make the clay all smooth.
Philip - I loved rolling the clay into sausages. It was like a challenge!
The children have just discovered that Rapunzel manages to outsmart the witch and escape by making a ladder from her long golden locks. They can’t wait to find out how this fairy tale with a twist ends next week!
YEAR TWO - EXTENDED PROVISION
Year 2 have been making their own polar bears in art extended provision. While drawing, we looked carefully at the form of polar bears (looking at their long backs, legs and wide paws). We then made our own polar bears out of old plastic bags, newspaper and masking tape. This week, we began to cover the bears in Modroc. We will start to paint them soon!
YEAR THREE
In Year 3 we have made persuasive posters to Stop Deforestation. We have used the information we have gathered in English, Geography and Topic lessons this half term to create these posters with lots of facts and figures.
CELEBRATION CERTIFICATES / HEADTEACHER AWARD
EARLY YEARS
CURIOUS GEORGE AWARDSAM (NAM)PERCY THE PARK KEEPER AWARD Anna (NAM)
ELMER AWARDSofia (R1) & Oliva BB (R2)
WINNIE THE WITCH AWARD Elif (NAM, Eloise (NAM), Isobella (NPM), Zakariya (NPM) & Sebastian (R2)
LOWER SCHOOL / UPPER SCHOOL
CURIOSITY AWARD
CONFIDENCE AWARDAmaru (2D), Arin (2D), Lila (3B)
COMMITMENT AWARDAmina (1B), Can (1B), Elias (3B), San (3S), Sarah (4S), Helios (5H) & Cassius (Y6)
COMMUNICATION AWARDEdie (2D), Eliza (2R) & Lucas (4S)
COLLABORATION AWARDJoshua (2D), Rachel (2D), Adam (3B), Demir (3S) & Hibah (5H)
CREATIVITY AWARDJacob (1B), Max (4Sc), Kenia (5T) & Rafael (Y6)
CRAFTMANSHIP AWARDLeyla (4Sc)
House cup winners this week are... PHOENIX!
Well done on achieving your pen license Shin (3S)
Amaira in 3S won a Certificate of Merit in the UK Maths Trust Maths Challenge 2021 - well done Amaria!
The whole school attendance this half term has been 99.8% which is superb!
Lets keep it up in Summer 2!